Tangled Up

Looking forward to spending this cruising season in Fiji and New Caledonia.

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Posted: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 - 13:46

Our behaviour has not improved at all!! Our only excuse is that Fiji time is a real phenomenon?! It is!! Honestly!!! Jonathan and Terese arrived just as planned a week ago - it seemed quite

Posted: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 - 13:08

We've been *really* bad! We haven't written an update to our log page in a loooooong time!! Apologies to everyone who's curious. We've finally got ourselves organised enough to get access to the

Posted: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 - 08:00

We arrived at Navula Pass, just outside the Western end of Viti Levu, last night at 8pm or thereabouts. 1165 nautical miles, according to our ship's log. Great conditions for getting through the

Posted: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 - 10:24

Well, as sun rose this morning we finally saw land on the horizon! Quite a relief :-) We awoke to find ourselves 50 miles off Cape Washington, the Westernmost point on the Southern Fijian island of

Posted: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 - 11:36

The trade winds have set-in, lovely 10-15 knot breeze from the SSE, with a little swell still that has us rolling around a little. We're making 7-8 kts on a direct course for Navula Pass, the

Posted: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 - 10:33

383 miles to Navula Pass, the entrance through the reef at the South West corner of Fiji's southern island, Viti Levu. A mildly frustrating night - at about 4pm we had wind from due South at 10-15

Posted: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 - 10:51

Blimey - been all or nothing so far this trip! Wild ride out of the BoI on Day 1, motoring 18 hours through calms (although the sea-state was anything but calm) for Day 2, then 20-25kts from the West

Posted: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 - 14:27

We departed Opua Marina yesterday at about 10:30am having cleared customs, filled up with diesel and checked the fine details of Bob McDavitt's weather forecast for the 20th time. We exited the BoI

Posted: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 - 21:56

Looks like we're all good for a tomorrow morning departure. Weather actually looks perfect except for some residual swell left over from the storm that blew through yesterday / last night. But it's

Posted: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 - 21:53

Well, due to extreme swell conditions north of NZ left behind by the most recent passing front, we've decided to delay our departure from Opua by another 24 hours! Sigh! See the pictures below to get

Posted: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 - 22:44

Well, we had a few rainy days here in Opua marina but we've managed to replace our mainsheet, reprovision and take care of the last of our paperwork. The weather forecast is improving for a Monday

Posted: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 - 20:17

Moved from Russell over to A-pier at Opua marina mid-afternoon, in driving rain and howling wind. Managed to tie up at the dock before the weather went really nuts! We've had dinner and a few drinks

Posted: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 - 19:58

Tonight we're anchored outside Russell, expecting the weather to turn bad tonight - we're nicely sheltered from the NE so hopefully it'll be no trouble, but were tucked into the bay with loads of

Posted: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 - 19:42

Anchored in the Keri Keri inlet, outside the Cruising Club. Another windless but fabulous day exploring battleship rock, the black rocks and nearby beaches. Another still night tonight, and tomorrow

Posted: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 - 16:57

It's been a wonderful - if windless - day in the BoI. We spent the day to Roberton Island, a nature preserve, in a bay that features on every book about the beauty of the New Zealand coastline. Went

Posted: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 - 17:16

Well, we made it out of Marsden Cove marina and set off for the Poor Knights Islands - no wind, so 4 hours motoring - and had the most amazing time. Quite an incredible place. After a rolly night in

Posted: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 - 19:16

After spending a second soggy, wet day at Kawau island we left this morning for points north, arriving at Marsden Point at 3pm in 25kts from the west. So we ducked into the marina for the night and

Posted: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 - 21:51

Made it out of the marina! Yaayyyy! Didn't get far, but it's a beautiful evening here at Kawau Island tonight - perfectly still :-) We'll set off north tomorrow destined for either Marsden Point or

Posted: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 - 12:49

Waiting for some stable weather to set-off for Marsden Point or Opua. Awful weather here in Gulf Harbour Marina today. Hoping to leave tomorrow...

Posted: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 - 12:22

Gulf Harbour Marina, Auckland, waiting for a break in the weather to head north for Opua so we can clear out to Fiji. Bob McDavitt says: Not this week... Sigh!

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